Flume-gate.



W. P. HARLAN.

PLUME GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 18,1912.

Patented June 3, 1913.7,

showm: The bolts I.,.-.The numeral 36 -pam through leaf-springs 35, the 45 nip.

) Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 11913.

Application filed July 18,1912. Serial N 0. 710,178.

To all 'wlzomit may concern Be it known that I, WILSON P. HARLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brawley, in the county of Imperial and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flume Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in flume gatestruetures.

' important object of this to provide a novel head upon a time or pipe which head is adapted to receive a valve or gate that may be moved to different positions for opening or closing the flume.

valve or gate in its closed position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. i

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like Figure l is a front face view of a sheet-metal plate which is held within the head, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. x

The numeral 27 designates an upstanding sheet-metal plate, provided with an opening 28 which is in registration with the opening of the fiume'20. The opening 28 has its wall bent inwardly or beveled, as shown. The plate 27 is provided upon its longitudinal edges with flanges 30, forming sockets 31.

The numeral 32 designates a valve or gate which connected with an upstand- 33 by means of bolts 34 or the like and has its periphery beveled, as 34 pass through spacing own. These bolts 34 also ends ,of which operate within the sockets 31. The leaf prings 35 serve to yieldingly hold the yalveor' 'te 32 within the opening 28 and blocks 33, as sh ever"33 is forced upwardly.

designates a head formed like which is molded about and also surrounds permit 0 its removal therefrom when the It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that certain changes in the shapes, sizes, and arrangements of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit he invention or the scope of the subjoined c aims.

Having thus claim 1. In a flume gate structure of the character described, a flume, a plate disposed near the end thereof and provided with an opening leading into the opening of the fiume and having its wall beveled, a valve to be moved into and out of the opening and having its periphery beveled, a leaf spring connected with the valve, and guide means receiving the ends of the leaf spring.

11 a act-er described, a flume, disposed near the end of described my invention, I

a sheet-metal plate the Hume and proleads into the avmg flanges formed In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILSON P. HARLAN.

. Witnesses:

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